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Maryland school system impacted by cybersecurity breach

PowerSchool announced a data breach affecting personal information of students and staff, as stated by the district in a letter to parents.
Dallas ISD reported that several other North Texas districts using PowerSchool were not impacted by the breach.
PowerSchool will offer credit monitoring to affected adults and identity protection to affected minors, according to Dallas ISD.
The San Diego Unified School District is investigating the breach, which may have involved sensitive information like social security numbers, as reported by W. Drew Rowlands.

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Rutland Herald

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Multiple Rutland County schools impacted by international cybersecurity breach

Multiple Rutland County school districts have been impacted by a cybersecurity breach within the student information system software developer, PowerSchool.

3 months ago

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WTAJ News

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Huntingdon County school said data stolen in cybersecurity incident

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ)—The Southern Huntingdon County School District has announced that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident that may impact families and educators. The district announced on Facebook that on Tuesday, Jan. 7 an unknown source obtained access to PowerSchool, which is a software vendor that runs their Student Information System (SIS). The data that was taken belongs to some families and educators within the district…

3 months ago

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Calgary Herald

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Calgary Public Library says full services restored months after cybersecurity breach

The Calgary Public Library has fully recovered following a cybersecurity incident in October that prompted a days-long closure of branches citywide.

3 months ago·Calgary, Canada

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WJBF

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Aiken Co. School District student software system hacked, investigation underway

SOUTH CAROLINA (WJBF) - Aiken County parents received a notice from the Executive Director of Technology Monday night about a cybersecurity issue in the district, state, and across the country. According to the South Carolina Department of Education, last week there was a data breach. The press release states, "This breach resulted in unauthorized access to certain customer data from PowerSchool’s Student Information Systems (SIS), including dat…

3 months ago

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Times of San Diego

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SD Unified Probes PowerSchool Data Breach Involving Student Personal Information

The Eugene Brucker Education Center is the San Diego Unified School District headquarters. (Photo by Alexander Nguyen/Times of San Diego) The San Diego Unified School District Monday continued investigating the extent of a data breach by a third-party software company impacting students in the district. The data breach was announced last week by PowerSchool, a student information system used by more than 70% of school districts across the countr…

3 months ago·San Diego County, United States

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EVSC software vendor continues investigation on data breach

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation's software vendor, PowerSchool, has provided more information on the recent data breach as they continue their investigation. PowerSchool is a cloud-based software for K-12 schools across the country. Officials say they were initially notified of a "potential cybersecurity incident" involving unauthorized access to student information on December 28. They say customers affecte…

3 months ago

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